Stories from Monday, July 25, 2016

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. AUTHORITIES: 17 SHOT, 2 KILLED AT FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB A captain with the Fort Myers Police Department tells WINK-TV as many as 17 people have been shot at Club Blu. Authorities say three people have been taken into custody and that there are two active crime scenes...

SIKESTON - Ruby Hughes, 86, died July 24, 2016, at Clearview Nursing Center in Sikeston. For this obituary and more, see today's edition of the Standard Democrat.

SIKESTON -- James Kenneth "Kenny" Little, 75, died July 23, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. For this obituary and more, see today's edition of the Standard Democrat.

I stand amazed at the gullible stance that blacks and hispanics take on Hillary Clinton. They think she is for them. The truth is she would not allow her daughter to go to school nor college with blacks or hispanics. Nor would she encourage her to interact with them. ...

SIKESTON - A man was injured in an accident while prepping the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo grounds. According to Zach Fayette, Jaycee rodeo chairman, early Saturday morning a man was struck in the head by a broken chain. The injured man was taken to Barnes Jewish in St. Louis and is recovering...

Members of the 2016 Semo South Eagles conducted a car wash Saturday in New Madrid to raise funds to play in the regional competition at Kalona, Iowa, this week. Caden Howell uses his perch from above to spray the soap from a vehicle as Madilynn Colbert scrubs down one fender and John Stanley prepares to work on the other side. The Eagles won second place in the state tournament for to qualify them for the regional competition in the 13 and under division...

NEW MADRID, Mo. - Dr. Sam Duncan's career is coming full circle. Sitting in the superintendent's office on the New Madrid County R-1 campus, Duncan recalls it was here he and his wife, Melanie, were offered their first teaching jobs. Later, in the same office, he was promoted to assistant principal. Since July 1, Duncan has taken on the role of superintendent for the district...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - A Charleston man is dead after what police are describing as a shooting in self-defense. Christopher Flannigan, 28, was found shot to death at 9:15 a.m. Saturday by officers who were called to 307 Naomi St. Officers secured the crime scene and a suspect was taken into custody, according to Charleston Department of Public Safety Director Robert Hearnes...

DEXTER, Mo. -- Grace L. Keeling, 87, formerly of Hayti and Steele, died July 23, 2016, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of memorial service at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Watkins and Sons Chapel in Dexter. Frank Lane of Hayti will officiate...

CHARLESTON, Mo. - No charges will be filed against jail personnel who walked off their jobs in April. However, according to the sheriff, they shouldn't expect their jobs back. Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney Darren Cann released a statement that the Missouri Highway Patrol's Division of Drug and Crime Control has completed its investigation of the "walk out" occurring on April 8. Cann said the investigation found no violation of Missouri criminal statutes...